Windfish wrote:Windfish wrote:I need your honest opinion, guys. I have taken in what has been said in this thread, and I have, over the past few days, scrutinized every option. Here is what I have found:
You need furniture with backboard, absolutely. Furniture without backboards, such as Ikea's popular Kallax shelving, make it very difficult to do cable management. With a backboard, you can mount wiring and other components, such as power bricks and surge protectors, with strong, double-sided adhesive. That's the way to go, in my opinion. With the help of cable clips and adhesive, you can mount all the wiring on the backboard, nothing hits the ground.
Now, this is where I need your guys' opinion. It requires a little imagination, but how about something like this unit:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/hemnes-sto ... -30382210/
The shelves have enough clearance for top-loading consoles, more than enough. And if you drill holes through the backboard, you can do all the cable management stuff. The very bottom shelf, you can put cube storage.
Be honest, tell me what you guys think. I am enthusiastic about its utility, but I am less sure on its appearance. It actually looks fine, but perhaps it may look off in the context of your living room as an electronic rig. I dunno, but try to imagine stocked with gaming swag and consoles, tell me what you think.
Quoting for the new page.
I understand what you're trying to do, and I think that HEMNES console will work considering you only have 8 consoles. Do you plan on expanding? If so, don't shortchange yourself and have to purchase a bigger storage device later.
Additionally, I never planned on having to rearrange, unplug, remove, etc all my consoles, but it happens pretty often. I'm always futzing with the consoles and optimizing setup, which requires access to front AND back. I would strongly advise against a closed back unit. You can still velcro tie the cables and orient them neatly (I do) without the back. I'm not sure how they convinced you the back would even be advantageous, but I disagree. Take it from someone who's behind my setup more than I'd like!
I think I have 16 consoles, a TV, massive receiver, and all the switches, converters, extractors, etc. I have a large bench in the middle similar to this:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/hemnes-cor ... -90424976/
On each side, I have something similar to this:
http://tinytoesphotography.co/leaning-w ... ar-sh-diy/
So I have them completely full and stacked with everything and I can't add another console.